Daily Lobo 03/20/2023

Speculative works take centerstage at Latinx Visions Conference

By Miyawni Curtis @MiyawniCurtis

From March 9 to 11, the University of New Mexico hosted the three-day Latinx Visions Conference where a diverse group of people expereienced performances, art and panels created by around 70 scholars and artists. The primary focus of the conference was to highlight speculative works of art in all forms, according to Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, event coordinator from the UNM Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The conference was free for the public and brought in people from the public, including professors and students from around the globe.

The focus of the conference was on the growing field of Chicanx and Latinx speculative fiction, art and performance — an emerging field of scholarship and literature, according to Cathryn Merla-Watson, event coordinator from Texas-Rio Valley University.

“This was a crucial moment in 2023 for us to come together and showcase this work and theorize it and give value to this field and literature,” Merla-Watson said.

The event kicked off at the University’s Student Union Building and then made its way to other venues like Outpost Performance Space and the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

Friday afternoon, performer Ilan Stavans shared his antilecture, a one-act play which he titled “The Oven.”

“What we wanted to showcase was the type of work that is being done in speculative fiction, speculative cultures; we wanted to bring together writers and artist from across the country who were all interested in sharing their own experiences, it was a way of showing off the community and also getting back together after several years of not being able to do this stuff,” Vaquera-Vásquez said. see

The performance was based on Stavans’ experience taking an Indigenous, psychoactive brewed drink called ayahuasca while visiting Colombia. The drink made him think he was a jaguar. He said he had felt like he was in an oven and sought to break down the “spiritual meaning” of the oven.

Protesters’ viewpoints clash during anti-war rally

By Isabella Frasco @bellafrasco

Protesters’ viewpoints clashed at the corner of San Mateo and Gibson boulevards on Saturday, March 18 during an anti-war rally that called for an immediate end to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

The event was attended by over 100 people, many of whom opposed the rally’s message. This was not surprising to Jeanne Pahls, co-founder of Stop the War Machine and one of the rally’s organizers.

“I was anticipating it. I’m not surprised to see that some people are here to say the opposite of what we’re saying,” Pahls said. “This is the U.S. People have different opinions. People have a right to stand up for what they believe in.”

The intent of the protest was to call attention to the needs of Americans as opposed to continued funding for militarization both nationally and internationally, according to Joel Gallegos, a member of ANSWER Coalition.

“We’re not the police of the world; we’re not the world police. We have problems here at

home that we need to take care of,” Gallegos said.

Members of the Ukrainian Americans of New Mexico who attended the rally believe the U.S. should continue to help Ukraine for the preservation of democracy, according to Larysa Castillo, vice president of the organization.

“If we don’t support Ukraine right now and don’t stop this war on the border where it started, then the whole independent, democratic world is in jeopardy,” Castillo said.

Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the New York Times estimates hundreds of thousands of people have died, millions have fled Ukraine and the damage to the nation’s infrastructure and society has been catastrophic.

Although both viewpoints want an end to the war, organizers who initiated the event believe that the United States has no role in this event and should instead focus their funding on addressing the needs of Americans, according to Gallegos.

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“Temacaliztlitlen atl Galvanizada (Ofrecimiento de Lluvia Galvanizada)” by Bianca Camarillo and Angel Cabrales for the “Chicanismos del Futuro” exhibit at 6th Street Studio as part of the Latinx Visions Conference, held from March 9-11.

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Protesters clash at an anti-war rally on Saturday, March 18 at the corner of San Mateo and Gibson boulevards.

For Grzegorz Welizarowiez, a Polish theater scholar who came to New Mexico to study Latinx and Chicano studies, watching Stavans’ work was surprising after working with him in other fashions.

“It was surprising for me because I know Ilan Stavans from his scholarly work; we were intrigued,” Welizarowicz said.

Stavans took pieces of his clothing on and off as well as crawled on the floor and chewed on his own shoe, as an animal would. He said he had an epiphany when numbers appeared on the heads of people, corresponding to the number of words we have left to speak until we die, during his ayahuasca trip.

“I believe that we do all have a limited number of words and those words are a kind of clock; we have X number of words and when those words come to zero, death arrives,” Stavans said.

Welizarowcz said that after watching Stavans’ performance, the message was very important and linked his own collective

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impacted by the war, Pahls believes the best thing they can do is get out and get involved.

“Get connected … Pick one thing. Pick one thing you want to do,” Pahls said. “If you want to help fold clothes for refugees or if you want to feed the homeless. If you want to work on lobbying or contacting senators. One thing will take you into all the rest of it. So all you have to do is take a baby step.”

Members of Ukrainian Americans of New Mexico asked for help from the U.S.

“We need support. We can’t do it forever. We just need honest help,” Castillo said. “There’s no way to stop when they start going and going. Their appetite will grow more. It won’t stop.”

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history of his people to the story that was shared with attendees.

“It was a very powerful image. I think he plays with our imagination of our own sense of who we are,” Welizarowcz said.

The conference had other performances by Cancion Cannibal Cabaret, a punk rock dystopian musical, and a keynote by Guillermo Gómez-Peña that featured a performance of “The Pandemia Chronicles,” a brand new spokenword monologue and “live-action jukebox” by Gómez-Peña and Balitronica Gómez. The conference also included two art exhibitions held throughout Albuquerque, according to the conference website.

Miyawni Curtis is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @MiyawniCurtis

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Angel Cabrales talks to a visitor at the 6th Street Studio about his piece “Five Lights” for the “Chicanismos del Futuro” exhibit as

of the Latinx Visions Conference, held from March 9-11.

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Ramona Malczynski, a member of Answer Coalition, one of the event’s organizers, speaks to a crowd of protesters at an anti-war rally on Saturday, March 18.

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Counter protesters gather at an anti-war rally on Saturday, March 18.

Baseball: Lobos look strong in series win at start of conference play

By Thomas Bulger @thomasbulger10

The University of New Mexico baseball team played their first series of conference play on March 10 to 12 against the Air Force Academy Falcons. The Lobos won two of the three games.

The Lobos lost 9-7 in 10 innings in the first game on March 10: UNM rallied late to tie the game in the ninth inning, but fell short in the 10th. The Lobos would go on to win the second game 15-0 on March 11, and won the third game 11-4 on March 12.

Riley Egloff was the starting pitcher for the Lobos the first game. Jake Greiving earned a walk and Spencer doubled to put runners on second and third. Egloff threw a wild pitch and Greiving went home to make the score 1-0 for the Falcons. Trayden Tamiya doubled to score 2 points, but the Lobos got their third out to end the top of the first down 3-0.

Reed Spenrath had a hit toward left field that got him to first, and Jake Holland hit a home run to score 2. The second inning ended with the Lobos down 3-2. The Lobos didn’t allow another run in the top of the third, and escaped the top of the fourth just allowing the one run. No Lobos got on base in the bottom of the fourth inning, and UNM was down 5-2.

The Lobos played solid defense, not allowing anyone to get to base in the top of the fifth. Lobo Lenny Junior Ashby then hit a double to score and chip into the Falcons lead. The

fifth inning ended with the Lobos down 5-3.

The Falcons didn’t score in the sixth inning, but Spenrath had a single and Holland followed it up with a double to score for the Lobos.

It was a one run game with UNM down 5-4.

Both teams went scoreless in the seventh inning. To start the bottom of the eighth, Deylan Pigford hit a clutch home run to tie the game.

Dylan Ditzenberger hit a single, but the Lobos didn’t find another way to score. The game was tied 5-5 going into the ninth.

Sam Kulasingam singled and Jay Thomason hit a home run to give the Falcons the lead. The top of the ninth ended with the Lobos down 7-5.

Braydon Runion hit a double and Spenrath hit a clutch home run to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth. Lobos had a flyout to end the inning tied 7-7.

The Falcons had three consecutive singles to load the bases to start the top of the 10th. Matt Thompson grounded out into a double play, but a runner scored to give the Falcons the lead. Kulasingam singled to score another runner. The Lobos were down 9-7 going into the bottom of the 10th.

Lobos weren’t able to get anything together in the bottom of the 10th and Air Force won 9-7.

On March 11, the second game of the series was played. Tristin Lively was the starting pitcher for the Lobos and had a truly dominant performance with the Lobos winning 15-0. Lively was in for nearly the entire game, going 8.1 innings

and giving up just three hits.

The Lobos were the first to score in the first inning with Jeffery David hitting a triple and Ashley hitting a sacrifice fly to give the Lobos an early lead. The first inning ended with the Lobos up 1-0.

Lively had another quick inning not allowing a hit. Kyle Smith was walked and Pigford hustled, beating the pitcher in a foot race for a single. Chase Weissenborn hit a single to score a run, and Ditzenberger followed it up with a triple to score two. The second inning ended with the Lobos up 4-0.

Landon Boyd hit a double toward right field and Thompson was walked, but the Lobos didn’t give up a run and neither did the Falcons in the bottom of the third.

Neither team scored until the sixth inning: Pigford singled and later stole second, and Weissenborn followed it up with a double to score a run. The Lobos were up 5-0 going into the seventh.

Lively continued his stellar play, retiring 10 straight batters. The Lobos didn’t score in the bottom of the seventh.

Lively did not allow a hit in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, the Lobos had the bases loaded with one out. Ditzenberger was walked which scored a run for the Lobos. David reached first on an error to score two. Ashby made it to first on another Falcon error and Runion singled to earn two runs. Spenrath singled to score a run. Smith had a two-run triple to force a pitching change. Smith ran home on a wild pitch. Pigford doubled and got home with a Weissenborn hit.

The Lobos scored 10 runs to go up 15-0, which they maintained and won with.

The last game of the series was played on March 12 where the Lobos won 11-4. Isaac Gallegos was the starting pitcher for the Lobos: he threw for six innings and gave up five hits and four runs with six strikeouts.

The Lobos were the first to score, hitting four consecutive singles to score 2. Spenrath earned a walk to load the bases with no outs. Holland followed it up with a single to score 2. Devon Dixon hit a double to score a run to force a pitching change with just one out in the game. Duke Benge was put into the game to pitch and gave up a double to Weissenborn to score two runs. David, in his second time through the lineup, hit another single to score a run. The first inning ended with the Lobos up 8-0.

Gallegos had three strikeouts to end the top of the second. The Lobos didn’t score in the second. Covin had a leadoff single in the third but the Lobos didn’t allow another hit; they also couldn’t score in the inning. In the fourth inning, Gallegos earned his sixth strikeout and didn’t give up a run. For the Lobos, Runion hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth which ended with the Lobos up 9-0.

Gallegos walked back-to-back batters, and Kulasingam singled to score two, putting the Falcons on the scoreboard. The top of the fifth ended with the Lobos winning 9-2. The Lobos didn’t score in the inning.

Gallegos pitched through the sixth and didn’t give up a hit or a walk. Spenrath and Holland had

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back-to-back singles, but UNM didn’t score.

The seventh started with a single and a walk which led to Gallegos getting taken out of the game after a great six innings. Terrell Hudson took over as pitcher and hit Thompson with a pitch to load the bases. Kulasingam hit a sacrifice fly to score one. Greiving grounded out but gave enough time for his teammate to score. Lobos still led 9-4 going into the bottom of the seventh but didn’t score.

Hudson struck out two batters and didn’t give up a hit. Ashby hit a double and Spenrath followed it up with a home run to score two. The bottom of the eighth ended with Lobos up 11-4. Will Bannister closed out the game for UNM to win the game 11-4.

After the third game, Ditzenberger commented on the team’s mentality in conference play after starting out with a loss and talked about how the defense thrives when pitchers allow the infielders to make plays.

“We just know, in conference play, that every win is important. So, obviously it was the first conference game of the year and came out with a loss, but we got 30 of them so just flushing it and moving on to the next is all we can ask for,” Ditzenberger said.

The Lobos next play against rival New Mexico State University on March 21 in Albuquerque.

Thomas Bulger is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @thomasbulger10

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REVIEW: ‘In the Camp of Angels of Freedom’ is

By Addison Key @addisonkey11

In Arlene Goldbard’s book, “In the Camp of Angels of Freedom,” published on Jan. 24, Goldbard asks her readers: what does it mean to be educated? In her book, she mixes personal narrative, political observation and portrait paintings; the combination of these highlights how her ideas of education have shifted and formed through personal experience; however, the final product is murky. The book has 11 essays, each focusing on one of her angels. Goldbard explains that her concept of angels comes from the Hebrew word “malakhim,” which, in Jewish mysticism, “are messengers between worlds, translating spiritual energy from the highest realms to the earth bound,” according to the book. Goldbard organizes her angels in a camp, in which the angels communicate a singular message that embodies a specific aspect of her personal ideology.

The angels are philosophers, artists and writers, including James Baldwin, Paul Goodman and Nina Simone. The depictions of her angels often remain singular and focus heavily on limited arguments throughout their work, creating a cast of characters that convey something about Goldbard rather than the complexities of each person. Goldbard’s writing and paintings of these angels question what it means to respectfully depict people within art and might challenge the idea that there is a “right” way, while at the same time leaving the reader wanting more information.

There are good ideas presented in the book, but most of it seems to be about Goldbard’s achievements

as an activist. This would have been more interesting if she wrote more about her experience, but instead it felt like she added in random famous writers and artists to either create caricatures of them or use them to legitimize her argument.

Goldbard does this by weaving personal accounts into the ideas and essays created by each angel in her camp. These chapters follow eras of Goldbard’s life: her first marriage, her changing political views, her life as an activist and her relationship to painting and art.

The most compelling parts of these essays are small confessional and personal stories of her early life; they are immediately answered by the insertion of one of her angel’s philosophies. The philosphies are intended to connect to her life in specific and impactful ways, but some of her angels are not brought up until the last few paragraphs of the chapter, which creates confusion throughout the first half of the book.

The second half of Goldbard’s book consists of essays on her educational experience, both institutional and life. She offers ideas to improve the current education system that Goldbard argues values credentialism too highly. Her philosophy rejects critique and focuses on possibility, which challenges higher education’s instinct to evaluate, judge and criticize when assessing academic achievement.

To connect the two parts, Goldbard includes a chapter after she paints each portrait. She lined them all up in the room and encouraged them to converse. Although it is entertaining to engage the idea of what would happen if all these writers talked, it’s written in a confusing fashion. With 11 people talking at once, it is hard to decipher what they

are talking about and who is talking — the argument itself seemed unclear until much later.

Goldbard’s most powerful arguements challenge “conventional” ways of thinking. She condems critical analyses that encourage art and education to achieve “perfection” and “originality,” as these limit the possibility of the work and each student’s learning experience — to Goldbard, the college student’s tendency to critique is problematic.

Goldbard argues that the academic tools we use to criticize, analyze and review may be doing more harm than good, which thus enforces an education system rooted in elitism in which success is granted through specific certifications and degrees. These arguments deserve our attention as they don’t only question the access and privilege that is needed to participate in higher education, but they break down the academic practices required of students to achieve “success.”

While some sentences in her argument make sense, there is not a lot of evidence throughout — the arguments are not written in a traditional fashion conducive to convincing anyone who doesn’t already agree with her. However, in the book she also argues against traditional form, so it seems like saying this would be proving her point. The construction of the argument feels messy.

Overall, Goldbard made some important arguments on the overdependence on credentialism, but they relied heavily on ideas constructed by other writers that she combined together. With limited description and representation of her “angels,” it is hard to understand her own argument without reading the essays she uses as her evidence. Though im-

portant, there are likely other books (or writing and art of each from her angels) that have argued these points better; the book should be taken for what it is: a deeply personal, passionate and hopeful account of

Goldbard’s educational experience.

Addison Key is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @addisonkey11

sillier than ever on latest album ‘10,000 gecs’

REVIEW: 100 gecs are slimier

By John Scott @JohnSnott

Oh, how we’ve missed you, 100 gecs. If you’ve been present in the online sphere since the duo, made up of Laura Les and Dylan Brady, released their first single, you’ve probably had at least one conversation with friends about whether the pair’s music is genuinely good or just a grating, mildly funny joke. Regardless, the group’s latest outing “10,000 gecs” proves that they’re here to stay, retaining the skilled production and irreverent selfawareness that made their debut so

captivating while proving to have even more tricks up their sleeve.

Upon first glance, it might be easy to mistake the album for an EP: clocking in at 27 minutes, “10,000 gecs” is only four minutes longer than their 2019 outing “1,000 gecs” and a whole 24 minutes shorter than their sprawling remix album “1,000 gecs & The Tree of Clues,” released in 2020. But the shorter runtime is probably for the best: anything longer and you might start to feel overwhelmed, as the duo manages to pack more production details into one song than some artists do in entire albums.

This brevity is reflected within the songs as well. Coming in at

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only 10 tracks, each song hovers around one minute and fifty seconds to three minutes in terms of length. Not only that, but a number of tracks feature a beat switch or two, making each segment of the song even shorter. However, there is never a moment when you feel that a song is too short or a beat switch is too abrupt; 100 gecs understand when a welcome is overstayed and do a fantastic job at preventing that from happening.

This mindset carries over into the sound of the album. Instead of repeating what worked with “1,000 gecs,” the pair opt to deviate into new territory with nearly every song: “Billy Knows Jamie” could

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easily pass as a Limp Bizkit deep cut, “I Got My Tooth Removed” proves once again that ska will never die and “Frog On The Floor” is, well, just sort of dumb — but, man, if it isn’t catchy.

Generally, the album’s sound almost has more in common with the likes of Blink-182 or Green Day than Charli XCX or Dorian Electra. It’s nearly Y2K in sound form: the elements of early 2000s sound with enough creativity and irony to make it work, mixed in with more modern production techniques.

There are still tracks here that feel like familiar territory. Songs like “757” and “mememe” could fit quite nicely into the tracklist of their

debut, but only in the most abstract sense: the sound is generally the same, but 100 gecs demonstrates a certain maturity and precision on this latest outing that wasn’t present on their debut. It’s loud, distorted and chaotic, but it’s equally as clean, polished and pristine.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper 100 gecs project if you weren’t constantly questioning whether they’re joking or not. “Are the only vocals in ‘One Million Dollars’ really just a computer-generated voice saying ‘one million dollars’ for two minutes?” Yes. Is it also packed with creative production choices, a

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catchy beat and a subtle condemnation of consumer culture? Yes.

The album isn’t without its shortcomings, however small and nitpicky they may be. The track

“The Most Wanted Person In The United States” eventually finds its

groove, but Brady’s vocals in the first and third legs of the song come off more as a bad Lil Peep impression than anything else, hindering the song slightly. The song “Doritos & Fritos” is probably the best on the album, but it was also released all

the way back in April 2022 as the lead single. The song is still fantastic, but it’s a shame the rest of the album doesn’t quite live up to it (even if only marginally).

If you’re still firmly in the anti-100 gecs camp, this album prob-

ably won’t change your mind: it’s still packed to the brim with all the subtle ironies and unsubtle production that made the duo so controversial to begin with. For those of us gecs, though, it’s a thoroughly catchy, funny and altogether exciting listen — even if

mildly disappointing.

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UNM student and pro rock climber seeks second national title

4-meter tall walls with crash pads below them.

Rothfork began climbing competitively at the age of five, but has been in the climbing scene her whole life because of her parents.

“Especially in the beginning, it was a family fun thing that I would do with my parents and eventually my brother,” Rothfork said.

As Rothfork grew up, she leaned more into the competitive side of climbing, sometimes missing school to travel out of state for competitions. However, she hit a wall, quite literally on occasions, as she could never quite make it past semifinals.

By Gillian Barkhurst @DailyLobo

19-year-old competitive rock climber and University of New Mexico Lobo Isis Rothfork will represent New Mexico in Chicago at the Youth National Championships, hosted by USA Climbing, in July. With two landmark seasons under her harness, Rothfork remarked that she has a different mentality going into competition.

“It’s a different game, going in

when you’re not really chasing. You’re kind of being chased.” Rothfork said.

In 2021, Rothfork was ranked top in the nation in her age group for bouldering. Last year, she climbed her way to second place in Youth Nationals and then went toe-to-toe with athletes around the globe in the Youth World Championships in Dallas.

Competitive climbing is divided into three disciplines: bouldering, speed and lead. Although Rothfork competes in all three, she said her strength is in bouldering, where competitors climb without ropes on

“I would know that I can perform the same, if not better, than some of the people who are performing really highly. But I was never able to reflect that through scores for like the first 12 years of my competition career,” Rothfork said.

That is until she earned 19th place for bouldering in the semifinals of the national tournament, the second to last position in the qualifying cohort. Rothfork later secured her spot as the best in the nation, which placed her first on the podium in bouldering at Nationals. In 2022, Rothfork podiumed again and, with the momentum of the past two years behind her, she is hoping to become national

champion once again in July.

Rothfork’s success is grounded in hard work and unwavering dedication, as well as a healthy dose of Rage Against the Machine: her preferred training music.

“I’m pretty good at staying psyched and maintaining energy,“ Rothfork said, “All I have to do is wake up in the morning and remember that hundreds of people are actively trying to take my place.”

To train, Rothfork splits her time between Albuquerque and Salt Lake City, Utah. While in Albuquerque, Rothfork helps coach the New Mexico Mojo Competition Team at Stone Age Climbing Gym. Team Mojo offers training for aspiring competitive climbers ages 9 to 18; Rothfork herself was once a member.

“I would say the kids I coach actually are pretty inspiring. It’s just cool to talk to them about what they’re psyched on and it helps motivate me.” Rothfork said.

Thorough reflection is also an integral and unique aspect of Rothfork’s training routine.

“I’ll upload all my videos into a Google Drive and then I’ll write pages and pages and pages about every climb, which I subject my poor coaches to reading,” Rothfork said. “I think that really the

biggest opportunity for growth is in the reflection process.”

Looking toward the future, her biggest goal is to compete in the World Cup, the foremost competition in the world of climbing. She also aspires to compete in the Olympics, which first included climbing two years ago in Tokyo. Rothfork is aiming for the 2028 Olympics and would compete on home turf in Los Angeles.

Even with high goals and even higher expectations, Rothfork doesn’t let the pressure get to her; with all eyes on her, Rothfork feels alive.

“People don’t enjoy being watched when they climb, but I’ve always liked climbing last because it means that you have the biggest crowd. I think (pressure) is a beneficial thing for me, whether or not it’s naturally that or I’ve twisted my perspective so it’s become that,” Rothfork said. “But being able to take something that you might not be comfortable with and making it a strength or even just something that you’re okay with, I think, is a big part of striving for excellence in anything but especially climbing.”

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UNM alum celebrates home and family in

By Zara Roy @zarazzledazzle

On Tuesday, March 21, “Poems

From Kay Pacha,” a solo exhibition from University at New Mexico alumnus Rosalba Breazeale, will open at the Strata Gallery in Santa Fe. The show centers around the idea of homeland; Breazeale pulled from their own identity as a member of the Ashkenazi and Peruvian diasporas, as well as their journey in finding a sense of home in Albuquerque.

“‘Poems from Kay Pacha’ is a collaboration between my body and my plant relatives,” Breazeale said. “Since moving to Albuquerque, I’ve been trying to establish more of a sense of home for myself, so in order to become more rooted in this place, things like getting to know the lands and things like foraging respectfully have been really important for me.”

Breazeale’s work primarily focuses around alternative printing processes. They used plants native to Peru, Albuquerque, and their family home in Lemington, Maine as well as items from their personal garden.

The show is an expansion on their thesis exhibition of the same name. Anna Rotty is a UNM master of fine arts candidate who was a cohort of Breazeale’s at UNM and is now a part of the Strata Gallery’s “Emerging Artists Program.” Having seen Breazeale’s work both in the first iteration of “Poems from Kay Pacha” and how the exhibition’s works have changed in the

meanwhile, Rotty said that this exhibition will be unique from the original show.

“It’s really time consuming, using analog processes, and it changes over time, so I feel like even if you saw the first iteration, a lot of the work would be different now because it changes as it gets exposed to light over time. So that’s really exciting: to see how some pieces have changed and then what else they’re creating that’s new,” Rotty said.

Breazeale’s work “Symbiotic Relatives” incorporates daylilies from their garden; these seeds were passed down from their grandmother’s garden to their mother’s garden, and then from their mother’s garden to their’s. They said that their work is often centered around their family’s stories and the passing of generational knowledge.

“I think my work is always related to a sense of home. I talk a lot about Peruvian diaspora and Ashkenazi diaspora as a person who wasn’t born in this country and has lived in places that were primarily white. It’s been a long journey to feel like any place is home: I bring my home culture here and use the art to find a way to become more rooted in place,” Breazeale said.

Alongside being able to show new work with the larger gallery space, Breazeale’s use of alternative printing process and unfixed dyes means that even their old works are constantly changing in appearance, according to Rotty.

“The last time that I saw their work altogether installed, it was in a really beautiful but tiny space,

and I thought it was amazing in there. But this space is such a different layout, it’s really open and big … so I’m curious to see how they’ll install the work in a much larger space and how (the work) can activate (it) in a different way,” Rotty said.

Rotty said she is most struck by the skillful collaboration with nature and plants that Breazeale is able to achieve in their artwork. Through their artwork, Breazeale hopes to create an active participation and connection between many parties: themselves and nature, themselves and the work and the viewer and the work. They said the active, collaborative nature of their experimentation with analog print processing helped move them toward this line of thinking.

“How do I activate this work so that it’s living in space, creating a tangible connection between myself, the viewer and the artwork, and doing so in a way that is empowering the artwork as well as myself as a queer, brown-bodied person. So, not objectifying my work, really moving away from the idea of ownership, because I don’t have total control over what these prints are going to do, and I think there’s something really interesting about having to face that power struggle,” Breazeale said.

Breazeale is a part of the Strata Gallery’s “Emerging Artists Program,” which gives artists opportunities to show their work in solo and group shows as well as mentorship opportunities from established artists. The gallery is particularly interested in

showcasing unique voices in art, according to Rotty.

“They are really interested in artists that don’t necessarily make the most sellable, commercial work; they’re really interested in working with artists that work with ephemerality, art that changes each time it’s installed,” Rotty said.

Through this work, Breazeale hopes to convey their sense of passed-down knowledge received from their family as a part of their stories as members of diasporic communities. Though there are certainly aspects of oppression and pure survival in these stories, Breazeale hopes to flip this narrative for their viewers to one of joy and connection.

“I hope it gives (viewers) a mo-

ment to really be in their body and connect their mind with their body when they’re receiving the artwork. Ideally it presents some sense of joy, which I also think is very important for this exhibition. I think a lot of the time, artists of color are kind of pushed to perform trauma and oppression, and so this exhibition really fights against that, and instead is about joy. It’s not just about survivance, it’s about thriving and the continued passage of knowledge despite oppression,” Breazeale said.

Zara Roy is the copy chief at the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at copychief@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @zarazzledazzle

By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

Students at the Arita Porcelain Studio, located in the Art Annex at the University of New Mexico, are unique in their study of the traditional 400-year-old Japanese art of Arita porcelain; UNM is the only university in the United States with faculty authorized to instruct in this artform outside of Japan. Arita porcelain is moreso about the practice and tradition that goes into the process rather than the final product, according to Kathy Cyman, the professor of practice who leads the program.

Arita porcelain is a practice out of Arita, Japan, a town in the Saga prefecture, where Izumiyama Kaolin Quarry was founded, the first source in Japan for the raw material that goes into making porcelain clay.

The program has existed at the University of New Mexico for 43 years, thanks to Manji Inoue, a sensei of Arita porcelain who first taught Kenneth Beittel, a professor from Penn State. Beittel’s student Jim Subrek, who also studied under Inoue, taught the art at UNM, where Cyman was introduced to it in 1988. This legacy denotes the tradition of Arita porcelain, which, according to Cyman, is passed down because people are called to the art.

“You can’t bestow it on anybody. There has to be a connection, a deep regard, and not wanting to do anything else; this is how (you want) to live your life,” Cyman said.

Since the practice was brought to the University, Inoue has visited 12 times, and Japan has sponsored five UNM students as artists in residence to learn the practice in Arita; Cyman herself has been five times.

The porcelain dishes made are the most durable form of pottery, according to Cyman. This is due to how the clay is thrown, through a process called wedging, which ensures the clay is without air bubbles. This is done in a clockwise motion, opposed to the common practices of western pottery. Along with the glaze which sinks into the clay rather than just lying on top, this process is something that has been developed over centuries, according to Adam Padilla, who is poised to take over Cyman’s role when she retires.

“They went through all the things that don’t work. The steps that we use are specifically tailored for this material … Every little thing that we do has a reasoning behind it,” Padilla said. “The better that you make something in previous states helps you further along the line.”

The practice of Arita porcelain focuses on crafting the inside of the piece, as opposed to how Western potters use clay, according to Padilla. This allows one to focus on the part of the dish that is used. The durability the process creates allows for a key tenant of the practice — the dishes are meant to be used. To Padilla, this aspect is a special part of the process.

“When you get to be in those instances where people can appreciate what you’re making, and you see your friends or relatives like using your dishes, it feels good to have something to talk about, something to connect with,” Padilla said. “Eating with people is one of the most social things that we do.”

The process of creation is something that people are often forgetful

of with mass-produced goods that have large carbon footprints and are potentially created by underpaid laborers in poor conditions, according to Cyman.

To offset carbon emissions, Cyman and the studio take intentionality in the process and seek to be environmentally conscientious. These efforts include predominantly using an electric kiln and reducing the use of the gas kiln from five to eight times a year down to two.

A process to recycle scrap clay was also started in studio by Padilla, who pulled techniques from a Pueblo pottery class.

“I took inspiration from that class to better clean our clay. I have the ambitions of taking porcelain a step further,” Padilla said.

The history of Native American pottery in New Mexico might also be part of the reason the practice of Arita porcelain has developed a life in the state, according to Cyman.

“I think (Arita porcelain) has resided here because of the parallels to Pueblo pottery and Native American culture. It’s in the air, even though they’re so different materials,” Cyman said. “There’s a high regard for process.”

The location in New Mexico is significant in other ways as well: Arita is as close in distance to Nagasaki, where the United States dropped an atomic bomb, as Santa Fe is to Albuquerque. New Mexico is also where the first atomic bomb was developed; this fact is not lost on Cyman.

“I tell the students, ‘There’s hope, there’s hope for one of the highest artforms in Japan to come to UNM’,”

Cyman said.

Both Cyman and Padilla expressed deep respect and understanding for the cultural significance and importance of the relationship between the Arita porcelain studio and Inoue.

“It’s just super rare, having (this) cultural exchange. Sensei Inoue is a ‘national living treasure’ of Japan — he is (an Important Intangible) Cultural Property,” Padilla said. “So for him to come to the place the atomic bomb was created is a crazy, crazy thing. I’m just lucky to be a part of it.”

The community fostered in the class is another key part of the process. The nature of working together and the tradition of tea breaks (allowing students a moment of rest in class), play an integral role, according to Cyman and Padilla.

“All the moments that we are in here throwing, we’re connected to the process of it physically; it pulls us in emotionally and intellectually at the same time,” Cyman said.

The relationship between the artist and the clay itself is another key part of the work, according to Cyman.

“The nature of clay is that it changes; it transforms through the time you touch it. It gets out of the kiln and, if we’re not connected to it, it won’t turn out,” Cyman said. “There’s a spiritual component to it.”

Maddie Pukite is the managing editor at the Daily Lobo. They can be reached at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @maddogpukite

Magic: The Gathering Club offers unique gaming experience to UNM students

By Elizabeth Secor @esecor2003

On Monday evenings from 5 to 10 p.m., University of New Mexico students can immerse themselves in a different magical world at Magic: The Gathering Club, which focuses on building a community at UNM centered around the card game.

Magic: The Gathering is a collectable trading card game by Wizards of the Coast built around deck-building, where players can cast spells and summon different creatures to try to eliminate their opponents, according to club member Daniel Kinghorn.

“There are many different ways to play, but they all allow a lot of creativity to build decks that are fun and exciting for all kinds of players,” Kinghorn wrote to the Daily Lobo . “It’s one of the only places where 15 birds can fight an eldritch monster and win.”

Curtis Madden, the club president, finds that one of the joys of the game is building decks: from decks that will benefit you in the game to ones that are just for fun, like Madden’s bad deck made up entirely of crabs.

“Some cards are better than others and if you build a deck of cards that are not very good, you won’t win. You can still build (that) deck,” Madden said. “I have a deck full of bad cards, but I love it anyway.”

Since joining in fall 2021, Madden and Kinghorn have seen the club grow from a small gathering of around eight to an average of 20 or more people at their weekly meetings at the UNM Esports

space, which is located at the UNM Engineering and Science Computer Pod. On Fridays, there is also a promotional meeting in the Student Union Building, intended to advertise the club to potential members.

“The club has expanded a lot since I first joined. Originally, it was the same eight or so people playing games each week,” Kinghorn wrote. “As time went on, we started getting new players and hosting events like drafts and friendly tournaments.”

The club hosts tournaments at the end of every month. Members also have the opportunity to go to bigger tournaments outside of the club, which the club hopes to participate in more of as time goes on. However, being tournament-ready is nowhere near a requirement when joining this club.

“We have a lot of new players, probably more newer players than older players … so I’ve taught more people to play Magic than a lot of people I know at this point because that’s probably our main player basis,” Madden said.

Kinghorn sees the welcoming atmosphere as one of the main purposes of the club, For him, the group creates a safe space for him and others to play the game without outside pressure.

“I love playing at my local game store, but they tend to have a pretty competitive environment and sometimes I just want to sit around the table and chat while I play,” Kinghorn wrote.

Not only does the club offer a safe space to learn the game, but it also provides a unique way to spend your time, according

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“There are a lot of people who make their own fun and go out to bars or whatever, go dancing, but there are also a lot of people, especially freshmen, who come

to college and are just like ‘What …’” Madden said. “So I like having structure because for a lot of people, that is what gets them out of the dorm room.”

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A player holds their cards during a Magic: The Gathering game. The Magic: The Gathering club meets Mondays from 5 to 10 p.m. in the Esports space, located in the UNM Engineering and Science Computer Pod. to Madden.

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By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

Curling since 2015, James Brickey brought the sport to the desert in 2017 with the formation of the Roadrunner Curling Club, aiming to introduce more people to the sport while forming a community in the process.

The club meets at least three times per week, which includes lessons on Thursday nights and opportunities to compete. However, learning is a crucial principle of the club even when competing, according to Brandon Wichman, a club member.

“It’s a great social thing. It’s a team sport, but also, the great thing about curling is (that) everything is camaraderie. Everyone wants to be together. They want to help each other out, you’ll find — even when we’re playing another team,” Wichman said.

Brickey said when the club first started, most people who showed up had little idea of how to play the sport, but once people started to pick it up, it allowed for more competition.

“Then (we were) only running two days a week. And in those two days, I think only four of us had ever curled before,” Wichman said. “A lot of people didn’t even know rules, so I was more acting as the official and referee and scorekeeper.”

Paul and Connor Cook are a father and son duo who showed up to learn how to curl on a Thursday night. Connor Cook, an athlete on

the club hockey team at the University of New Mexico, said that while there is some similarity, curling is a very different sport from fellow ice-based sport hockey.

“We’ve been around the ice but never tried curling. You see it on TV and stuff looks cool. And then they had an advertisement (at) one of his games, and so we just thought we will give it a try. Really, it’s no more than just an opportunity to try something (new),” Paul Cook said.

The club strives to draw people in via advertisements at the rink and general exposure through public practices during free skate at the Outpost Ice Arena, according to Brickey. They also bring in people who moved to New Mexico from colder climates, like Wichman.

The club provides all equipment for those who join. The necessity of a smooth rink makes skates a nono, which leads to needing to learn how to slide instead of skate, according to Brickey.

“(There’s) very little that’s needed in terms of equipment; these two guys are out here (have on) running shoes. We have sliders and stabilizers; we have the rocks; we have the brooms — you don’t have to buy a lot,” Brickey said.

The Olympics are often when most participants are introduced to the sport, with a big increase in club membership after the 2018 Olympics when the USA men’s team brought home the gold. While the COVID-19 pandemic caused the club to decrease in size, they are starting to see pre-pandemic numbers again, according to Brickey.

Some common misconceptions about the sport include participants doing both sweeping and throwing instead of just one or the other. The game is also more difficult than people realize, according to Brickey, who was instructing the lessons alongside Grant Sibley and Wichman. However, that does not mean luck is not a component, especially on less-than-ideal hockey ice.

“People who have played for a year here are competing just as well as people who have played since

they were kids,” Brickey said.

The educational component of the game translates to larger competitions as well, according to Brickey. When available, members of the club will compete in teams of four in competitions outside of Albuquerque. These provide chances to meet and learn from other curlers.

Whether it be at a competition or a Thursday night, the club strives to focus on camaraderie.

“It’s fun to see new people learn, this is what I started with: Thursday

night lesson that got me hooked,” Sibley said. “It’s fun to talk to these people and see the different interests that got them wanting to try this out.”

To join the club, you can register for a lesson on their website roadrunnercurling.org.

Maddie Pukite is the managing editor at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at managingeditor@ dailylobo.com or on Twitter @maddogpukite

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